A report on research policy in 16 European countries commends itself to the attention of those research directors and civil servants who are concerned with planning, coordinating, and utilizing educational research to improve the educational system. An analysis of the 16 reports touches briefly on contemporary educational problems, sources for the analysis, differentiating between pure and applied research, the institutional framework for educational research in Europe, educational policy and research in centralized, decentralized, and federal states, and comments on various research institutes, finance, communication of information, and researchers tentative conclusions. A copy of the questionnaire on which the country reports are based precedes the reports from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. A final discussion of general issues of European cooperation in educational research and development includes background information, general tasks and functions of school, development trends, and planning for educational development. (Author/KSM)